Striking plate and coupler carrier for railway cars



G. W. RINK STRIKING PLATE AND COUPLER CARRIER FOR RAILWAY CARS Get. 151923. 1,470,877

Filed Aug. 8, 1922 l fll zg J Inventor fzmv: W B/Yk.

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Patented 0a. 16, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. RINK, OF CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO FLORY CARRY IRONCOMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

STRIKING PLATE AN'D COUPLER CARRIER FOR RAILWAY, CARS.

Application filed August a, 1922. Serial no. 580,534.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. RINK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cranford, county of Union, and State of New Jersey, have"invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Striking Plates andCoupler Carriers for Railway Cars, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, inwhich- Figure l is a top plan view of my improved striking plate andcoupler carrier.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the same.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Figure 2 with the wear plateremoved.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the wear plate in position.

Figures 5 and 6 are cross-sectional views through the lower cross-memberof the carrier showing modified forms of wear plates.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in strikingplates and coupler carriers for railway cars, the object being toprovide a device of the character described which is formed of a singlecasting, the lower or coupler supporting member of which is providedwith a wear plate which may be renewed or changed to maintain thedesired height of the coupler from the rails. The striking plate ispreferably made of cast steel, which is relatively soft .and tough,while the wearand coupler-adjusting plate is preferably made of hardermaterial for purposes of resisting wear. This plate is preferably maderenewable for purposes of adjusting the height of the coupler from therails to maintain such height according to the M. C. B. requirements.

In the drawings, the striking plate is composed of a single castinghaving a longitudinal securing flange 1 and a front wall 2. This frontwall above the coupler opening 3 is reinforced by vertically disposedwebs 4, while at the sides of the coupler opening the front wall is inthe form of outwardly extending flanges 2 projecting'from the side walls3 forming the coupler opening,

- held against wear resisting purposes and should the plate become worn,the plate may be removed and liners or shims placed thereunder, or athicker plate may be employed for the purpose of maintaining the couplerat its re uired height from the rails.

In igure 5, I have shown a hard steel plate 8 as being inserted in thegroove in the carrier member, while in Figure 6 I have shown a hardsteel plate 9 as being cast in the upper face of the coupler supportingmember, in which event it is unnecessar to use fastening means for theplate. owever, in the construction shown in Figure 6 the plate is notreadily renewable as it is in effect a permanent part ofthe structure.

What I .claim is:

1. A coupler carry iron comprisinga wear plate and a bodyof differentmetal east about said wear plate to retain the latter in position. i

2. In a striking plate, an integral coupler carry iron having a recessin its upper face,

, the sides of which recess converge upwardly,

and a wear plate fitting in said recess and removal by the convergingsides thereof. I

' 3. The combination with a striking plate and coupler carrier integraltherewith, of a relatively hard steel wearing surface arranged upon theupper face of the coupler carrier member and having horizontal andvertical interlocking engagement therewith.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature this twenty-ninth.day of July, 1922.

GEO. W. RINK,

